Jean-Paul Belmondo was born on 9 April 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. A French actor, Belmondo became an emblem of the French New Wave after starring in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, in which he played a petty criminal on the run. He worked with other directors of the movement, including Truffaut, and with Jean-Pierre Melville, and later became a leading star of French popular cinema, performing many of his own stunts in action films such as That Man from Rio and The Professional. A former amateur boxer, he was known for his charm and his unconventional face. He returned to the stage and received a Cesar award in his later years.
Before and after
- 14 March 1933Birth of Michael Caine
- 15 March 1933Birth of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- from 15 March 1933 to 23 May 1945Nazi Germany
- 22 March 1933Construction of Dachau concentration camp
- 9 April 1933Birth of Jean-Paul Belmondo
- 20 May 1933Founding of Turkish Airlines
- 11 June 1933Birth of Gene Wilder
- 23 July 1933Construction of MHPArena
- 7 August 1933Birth of Elinor Ostrom
More in Art, literature & culture
- 15 August 1914Construction of Panama Canal
- c. 1920sRise of surrealism
- 1 May 1931Construction of Empire State Building
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- c. 1940sRise of Postmodernism
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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